Clothes catching attachment for ironing boards



'Dec- 1952 A. J. BLUMENSHIEN 2,620,577

CLOTHES CATCHING ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed July 5, 1949 IN VEN TOR. AL ICE J BLUME/VSH/E/V AGE/VT Patented Dec. 9, 1952 orricsCLOTHES CATCHING ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Alice J. Blumenshien,National City, Calif.

Application July 5, 1949, Serial No. 103,041

1 Claim.

' My invention relates to a clothes catching attachment for ironingboards, more particularly to an improvement over my co-pending application for clothes catching attachment for ironing boards, Serial No.74,833, filed February 5, 1949, and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a clothes catching attachment for ironing boards ofthis class which may be readily folded and maintained in connection witha conventional folding ironing board when not in use and in foldedposition;

Second, to provide a clothes catching attachment of this class which isvery simple and easy to operate, and to fold into position which permitsthe folding of the ironing board to which it is attached;

Third, to provide a clothes catching attachment of this class which isvery readily and easily changed to permit the placement of clothing overthe end of the ironing board when desired;

Fourth, to provide a clothes catching attachment of this class havingvery simple means for supporting and detaching the hamper thereof;

Fifth, to provide a clothes catching attachment of this class havingsupporting arms pivoted in connection with the lower side of the ironingboard which may be pivoted into contiguous relationship with the lowerside of the board and parallel thereto, so that tubular-shaped clothing,such as dresses, skirts or the like may be placed in surroundingrelationship with the ironing board substantially its entire length;

Sixth, to provide a clothes catching attachment for ironing boards ofthis class which is very simply and readily attached to variousconventional ironing boards of the folding type now in use; and

Seventh, to provide a clothes catching attachment for ironing boards ofthis class which is very simple and economical of construction,efficient in operation, and which will not readily deteriorate or getout of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will behereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanyng drawings and tothe characters of reference thereon, forming a part of this application,in which:

Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of an ironing board, showing my clothescatching attachment for ironing boards in connection therewith; Fig. 2is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view taken from the line 22of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 an end 2 view of the ironing board as shown inFig. 1, showing my clothes catching attachment in connection therewith,and showing the hamper thereof fragmentarily.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The ironing board I, arm members 2, 3, 4 and 5,- rods 6 and I, and theflexible hamper 8, constitute the principal parts and portions of myclothes catching attachment for ironing boards.

The ironing board I is substantially conven tional, and may be of theconventional type hav-, ing folding legs which collapse into contiguousrelationship with the lower surface of said board I. Pivotally securedto the lower surface of the ironing board I are the arm members 2 and 3,

which are preferably fiat strap arms adapted to be shifted as indicatedby dash lines in Fig. 1

of the drawings, into contiguous parallel relation-' member 4, fixed tothe arm member 2, extends at right angles to the board I and thedownwardly extending end 6a of the rod 6 extends through theopening 4afrom which it may be readily removed, as desired. The rod 1 is similarin construction to the rod 6 and opposite ends thereof extend downwardlythrough openings 2b and 3b of the arm members 2 and 3, as shown in Fig.1 of the drawings.

The flexible hamper 8 is preferably made of fabric, or other suitablematerial, and is provided with separate hem portions 8a and 8b, whichare fitted over the rods 1 and 6, respectively, as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. Intermediate the portions 8a and 8b the flexible hamperextends downwardly in U-shaped form and it is adapted to receiveclothing ironed on the board I, which extend thereover at one side ofthe board 1 during ironing operations.

The operation of my clothes catching attachment for ironing boards issubstantially as follows:

When in use, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the long pieces oflaundry, such as sheets or other similar lengthy articles being ironedon the board I, may be permitted to extend over the side thereof andinto the hamper 8, which Thus, the tubular garment is permitted toextend substantially the full length of the board I in surroundingrelationship therewith. 'When it is desired to substantially collapsethe clothes catching attachment, permitting the legs of the ironingboard to be folded and placed in a closet or the like, the rod 6, at itsopposite ends, may be placed in holes 20 and 3c of the arm members 2 and3, adjacent the rod]. The hamper 8 may then be folded over the-uppersurface of the board I and the arms 4 and5 maybe pivoted into parallelrelationship with the rodsfi and Leo that the entire clothes catchingattachment is very compact and may be retained in adjacent relationshipto the ironingboard I by cross straps or other fixtures, as desired. Itis to be noted that the collapsed arrangement of theclothescatching-attachment does inno way limiter prevent the folding orcollapsing of the conventional ironingboard folding legs. vThus, myclothes catching attachment maybe maintained in connected relationshipwith the ironing board at all times, whether in use or stored in acloset or conventional cabinet.

' Though I have shown and described a particular construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions; I do not Wish tobelimited to this particular construction, combination and arran ement,but desireto include in the scope 4 of my invention the construction,combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a clothes catching attachment for ironing boards, an ironing boardhaving substantially flat upper andlower surfaces an arm member pivotedon a vertical axis to the lower surface thereof near each end thereof, asecondary arm member pivotally connected to each of said first-mentionedarm members near each end of said ironing' board, each of said armmembers having a pair of spaced vertical openings therein disposedoutwardly of the side of said ironing board, a pair of rods havin vhorizontal hamper supporting REFERENCES. CITED The followingreferencesare of record in thei file of this patent: v

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